TECHNICAL SECRETARIAT OF THE OAS ANTICORRUPTION MECHANISM PARTICIPATES
IN THE IV MEETING OF THE LATIN-AMERICAN PARLIAMENTARY PRO TRANSPARENCY NETWORK

On
July 23 and 24, 2013, the Fourth Meeting of the Latin-American
Parliamentary Pro Transparency, Access to Information and Integrity
Network was
successfully held in Bogota in the Senate of the Republic of Colombia.
The meeting was jointlyorganized by the Senate of the Republic of Colombiaand the Bicameral Commission on
Transparency of the Congress of the
Republic of Chile.

It brought together legislators from
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador,
Mexico and Peru, and had as its main objective to examine the results
achieved in this Network a year into its establishment, and to propose
lines of action for its strengthening.

The Technical
Secretariat for the Follow-up
Mechanism on the Implementation of the Inter-American Convention against
Corruption (MESICIC), under the responsibility of the OAS
Department of Legal Cooperation, was invited to participate and share
with the members of the Network the developments undertaken in the
MESICIC with respect to hemispheric cooperation in preventing and
combating corruption. Taking into account the extent of these
developments, particularly as they relate to the role of the Legislative
Branches in fighting corruption, the participants agreed on the
importance and usefulness of further strengthening cooperation between
the Network and the MESICIC.

The Latin American
Parliamentary Pro Transparency, Access to Information and Integrity
Network was established in January 2012 and the meeting of Colombia
generated a very rich and productive exchange with a view to driving
toward its consolidation and institutionalization.

Edition N°
132 - July 2013

What is the MESICIC?

The Mechanism For Follow-up on the
Implementation of the Inter-American
Convention against Corruption, known as MESICIC for its Spanish acronym, is a tool to
support the development of the Inter-American
Convention against Corruption through
cooperation between States Parties.